#C9DF59#C9DF59

#C9DF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.160 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DF59
RGB	rgb(201, 223, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -25.47, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 66.55, 112.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.0743 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.16 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2791, 65.9146, 19.4180)
Luminance	0.6591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DF59 #6F59DF

analogous

#DFB259 #C9DF59 #86DF59

triadic

#C9DF59 #59C9DF #DF59C9

tetradic

#C9DF59 #59DFB2 #6F59DF #DF5986

square

#C9DF59 #59DFB2 #6F59DF #DF5986

split-complementary

#C9DF59 #5986DF #B259DF

monochromatic

#8A9F1F #B6D229 #C9DF59 #DAE98C #EAF3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C9DF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#C9DF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DF59

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DF59	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9df59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 223, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.160 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce98d',
    500: '#c9df59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9df59;
$custom-light: #dce98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9df59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.851,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8615,
    "c": 0.15965,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DF59

secondary

#4B3AA2

accent

#16D034

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DF59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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